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单词 overplay
释义 overplay
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: over (I) + play, v.
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to exaggerate (as a part in a play or an artistic effect)
  < overplay a comic role >
  < overplayed every crescendo >
 b. : to exaggerate the importance or value of : give undue emphasis or attention to : overstress
  < overplay those features of human attention that are peripheral — Psychological Review >
  < tends to overplay the intellectual achievement — Times Literary Supplement >
  < the most overplayed newspaper story of 1954 — Time >
  < the present text overplays its points of strength — A.R.Turquette >
 c. : overdo
  < a theatrical cliché that's overplayed — Ethel Merman >
2. : to rely too much upon the strength of : seek to gain too much advantage from — usually used in the phrase overplay one's hand
 < overplaying their hands and tending to be greedy — Sunday Independent (Dublin) >
3. : to strike a golf ball so that it is driven beyond (a putting green)
intransitive verb
: to exaggerate a part or effect
 < her tendency to overplay — R.A.Hague >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: in sense 1, from over + play, n. (after the verb phrase play over); in sense 2, from overplay (I)
1. : a replay of a hand in duplicate whist
2. : exaggerated or undue emphasis or treatment : overstress
 < overplay of highly sensational stories — F.L.Mott >
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